My son wrote me a card that said this: "I loav you, Mom. You're the beast!" Nothing sums me up better. Welcome to the Beast Mom blog!

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Just got home from a fun party the newspaper threw for us bloggers. It was great to meet other bloggers and some of the P-I staff in person. We all met up at Buckley’s in Queen Anne. (Buckley’s has very good ribs. Plus they have a large, orange University of Illinois banner hanging on their ceiling. Buckley’s is A-OK in my book.
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Our good friend, Julie, bought us a subscription to “Cook’s Illustrated” for Christmas. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this magazine. (Thank you, J!) This past week I’ve made a short rib recipe as well as a Tandoori Chicken recipe. Both of these recipes blew away my expectations. And even better – these recipes blew away my husband’s expectations. He’s the real taste expert in our family. And HE was impressed!
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I don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh. The show often frustrates me, as does most of talk radio. But about a week ago, I was channel surfing and stopped to listen to a very angry woman who called in to Mr. Limbaugh’s show. He had posed the legitimate issue of how to turn our economic problems around. Valid question. It’s on everyone’s minds. But the gist of the female caller’s response was this: The economy is in such a terrible state because of all the “stupid, lazy” people in America!
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Pretty much every mom I know has struggled with Mommy Rage. And pretty much every mom I know thinks she is the absolute worst about this, that no one else is as ugly as she is when infuriated.
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I took the dog to the library today. No, not inside. I left her in the car for 15 minutes. When I came back out to the parking lot, there was a plump little old lady pointing at my car’s rear window. I stayed out of sight for just a moment to see what else she might do. I was kind of hoping she would try to carjack me. It’s been a dull morning. I have nothing to write about.
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We’ve been skiing a couple times at Snoqualmie so I thought I’d post a few pics. If you haven’t checked out the new high speed “Silver Fir” lift, do. It’s very nice. The kids like the run called “Outback”. So here are some photos from this ski season… Getting ready to go up… Claire at the top of “Outback”… Bryant looking over the ridge after getting off the Silver Fir chair…
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